This page aggregates measured, corroborated evidence: donors' iPhones recorded apps contacting this domain, every claim below was reported by separate accepted donations and published under a human verdict (later rows for an approved app inherit its verdict). A contact is a measurement, not an accusation — it does not show what data was sent.
news-sports-events.apple.com
classified as first-party · 2
What our research panel found AI-drafted · human-reviewed
We ask several independent AI models the same question and publish their answers separately — cross-vendor agreement is evidence against fabrication, and disagreement is worth seeing. 2 of 3 models answered, overall confidence high — no answer from anthropic (HTTP 529). A human reviewed this domain's claims before anything here published.
OpenAI — first-party
The domain is under apple.com and is most likely an Apple first-party service endpoint for Apple News sports events. No evidence is provided about data transmitted or collection, so undisclosed status cannot be determined.
Google Gemini — first-party
The contacted domain belongs to Apple Inc., the developer of the Apple News app, making this a first-party endpoint used to serve app content. Standard first-party service requests do not imply undisclosed tracking or third-party data collection.
Apps measured contacting this domain
| App | Label gap | Donations | Contacts | Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|
com.apple.news | — | 4 | 26 | 2026-07-28 → 2026-07-29 |
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